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III!  Illlll  III 


Confederate  States  of  America, 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
Montgomery,  Fi5B?  G,  1861. 

The  regulations  and  instructions  prepared  by  this  de- 
partment under  this  date,  are  transmitted  for  the  infor- 
mation and  government  of  the  officers  of  tlie  several 
branches  of  the  public  service  referred  to  therein.  Careful 
attention  and  strict  compliance  with  the  same,  are  enjoin- 
ed upon  ever}'  officer. 

Collectors  of  customs  are  specially  charged  to  organize 
all  collateral  and  subordinate  departments  at  their  respec- 
tive ports,  in  conformity  to  the  foregoing  regulations  to 
secure  the  interests  of  the  Government  and  to  promote 
the  facilities  of  commerce. 

Collectors  and  revenue  officers  above  the  port  of  Xew 
Orleans,  within  the  Confederate  States,  in  the  adoption 
and  practice  enjoined  by  the  regulations,  will  be  under 
the  general  supervision,  as  tar  as  practicable,  of  the  Col- 
lector of  Xew  Orleans,  subject  to  the  direction  and  control 
of  this  department. 

All  officers  of  the  Customs  in  permanent  employment 
are  required  to  give  their  whole  time  to  their  duties  and 
are  not  permitted  to  engage  in  other  business  ;  except  in 
special  cases  allowed  b}^  express  order  of  the  Secretarj-  of 
the  Treasury. 

C.  G.  MEMMINGER, 
Secretary-  of  the  Treasury. 


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CIRCULAR    INSTRUCTIONS  No.  1. 


Regulations  relative  to  importations  from  i>laccs  above  the  Con- 
federate iStates,  by  vessels  navigating  the  3Iississippi  and 
other  Rivers. 


All  steamboats  or  other  vessels  navigating  the  River 
Mississippi,  destined  for  ports  or  places  within  the  Con- 
federate States,  on  arrival  within  the  territory  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  from  any  port  or  place 
beyond  the  northern  limits  thereof,  shall  come  to  at  the 
port  of  Norfolk,  otherwise  known  as  Nelm's  landing,  in 
the  State  of  Mississippi,  and  the  master  or  person  in  com- 
mand of  every  such  vessel  shall  make  due  report  of  the 
arrival  of  the  said  vessel  by  exhibiting  to  the  Revenue 
officer  at  said  port,  duplicate  manifests  of  the  whole  cargo, 
declaring  the  name  of  the  vessel,  name  of  master,  where- 
from,  the  port  of  destination,  and  a  full  and  particular 
description  of  said  cargo.  And  shall  obtain  from  the 
Revenue  officer  a  certificate  endorsed  on  one  of  the  said 
manifest,  of  the  fact  of  its  exhibition,  and  shall  leave 
with  the  said  officer  the  duplicate  of  the  same. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  and  is  hereby  required  of  the  Col- 
lector or  chief  Revenue  officer  at  the  port  of  Norfolk, 
to  board  at  all  hours  of  the  day  and  night,  either  in  per- 
son or  by  deput}^,  in  the  person  of  a  Customs  officer,  .ill 
vessels  entering  the  Confederate  States  by  the  river  Mis- 
sissippi from  any  place  above  the  limits  of  the  Confeder- 
acy on  said  river  or  its  tributaries,  tor  the  purpose  of 
receiving  the  report  of  the  master  or  commander  as  herein 
before  required  to  be  made  to  him,  and  to  demand  ot  said 
master  or  commander  duplicate  manifests  containing  the 


particulars  before  mentioned,  and  on  a  compliance  with 
this  demand  to  certify  on  each  of  sucli  manifest  as 
follows  : 

Port  of 

day  of  18 

I  certify  this  to  be  the  original  (or  duplicate  as  the  case 
may  be)  manifest  of  the  of 

master,  bound  for 
exhibited  to  me  this  date. 
A.  B. 
Revenue  otftcer. 

and  to  return  to  the  said  master  or  commander  the  origi- 
nal manifest,  retaining  the  duplicate  which  shall  be  for- 
warded by  him,  by  the  shortest  route,  to  the  Collector 
of  the  ports  of  final  destination  of  said  vessel,  having 
first  registered  the  same  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for 
that  purpose,  in  the  following  fn-ni : 


BOARDING    AND    MANIFEST    REGISTER. 


Date  when 
Boarded. 


Class  and 
name  of 
Vessel. 


Name   of 
Master. 


AVherefrom. 


Where 
Bound. 


General 
Cargo. 


Remarka. 


Sliould  the  whole  or  any  portion  of  the  cargo  of  any 
vessel  entering  the  waters  of  the  Confederate  States  as 
aforesaid,  being  composed  of  goods  wares  or  merchandise 
exempted  by  law  from  the  payment  of  duty,  be  intended 
to  be  landed  at  places  other  than  ports  of  entry  or  deliv- 
ery within  the  limits  of  the  Confederacy,  such  landing 
shall  be  permitted  on  the  commander  or  master  exhibi- 
ting to  the  first  lievenue  officer  in  addition  to  the  mani- 
fest before  required  a  schedule  in  duplicate,  of  the  articles 
intended  to  be  so  landed,  which  shall  describe  the  goods, 
the  quantity  and  value,  the  name  of  the  consignee,  and 
the  place  where  they  are  to  be  landed  ;  and  receiving  a 
permit  endorsed  on  the  original  schedule,  (which  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Boarding  olficer  to  furnish 
on  the  foregoing  requisites  being  complied  with)  and  this 
permit  shall  be  in  the  following  form  : 


Porr,  of 
day  of  18 

Permission  is  hereby  given  to  land  the  goods  described 
by  entries  in  this  schedule  at  the 

places  designated  therein. 

A.  B. 
Revenue  Officer. 

The  original  schedule  with  the  permit  endorsed,  being 
returned  to  the  master,  the  duplicate  shall  be  retained 
and  tiled  in  the  office  of  the  Revenue  officer,  after  having 
been  first  recorded,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that 
purpose,  detailing  all  the  particulars  stated  in  the  origi- 
nal schedule.  And  a  copy  of  this  record  rendered  to  the 
Treasury  Department  monthly  shall  form  an  abstract  of 
the  free  goods  imported  through  the  port  of  Xorfolk. 

FLATBOATS. 

All  Flatboats  with  coal  in  bulk,  intended  to  be  landed 
at  places  within  the  limits  of  the  Confederate  States  other 
than  ports  of  entry  or  delivery,  may  be  permitted  to  land 
said  cargo,  on  the  master  or  commander  complying  with 
tho  foUowinsr  rcijulations,  to-wit  : 

A  schedule  setting  forth  the  name  of  the  boat,  name 
of  the  owners,  master,  wherefrom,  quality,  quantity 
and  value  of  the  coal,  and  the  fact  of  its  being  intended 
to  be  landed  at  places  other  than  ports  of  entry  or  deliv- 
ery, shall  be  prepared  by  the  master  or  commander  in 
duplicate  and  presented  to  and  verified  by  oath  before 
the  Collector  or  chief  Revenue  officer  at  the  port  of 
Norfolk,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  estimate  on  both  the 
original  and  duplicate,  the  duties  due  on  the  quantity  de- 
clared and  further  ascertained  by  the  cubic  measurement, 
to  be  made  by  a  competent  officer  appointed  for  thnt  pur- 
pose residing  at  said  port,  and  on  the  duty  thus  assessed 
and  ascertained  being  paid  to  the  said  Revenue  officer, 
this  officer  shall  endorse  on  the  original  schedule  a  cer- 
tificate of  such  payment  and  a  permit  to  land  the  cargo 
at  any  place  other  than  ports  of  entry  or  delivery. 


It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Revenue  officer  at  the  port 
of  Norfolk,  to  retain  in  hts  office  the  duplicate  schedule 
received,  to  record  the  same,  detailing  all  the  particulars, 
"and  to  render  monthly  a  copy  of  the  record asan  al)stract 
to  the  Treasory  department,  and  also  to  account  for  and 
dcDosit  all  moneys  received  by  him  for  duties  from  this 
source  in  accordance  with  the  [)rovisions  of  existing  laws 
and  the  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

OTHER    VESSELS    WITH     CARGOES    TOR     INTERMEDIATE     rORTS. 

Should  any  portion  of  the  cargo  of  vessels  arriving  as 
aforesaid,  composed  of  dutable  or  free  articles  be  destined 
to  ports  of  entry  or  delivery  within  the  Confedarate 
States,  other  than  the  port  of  iinal  destination  of  said 
vessel,  permission  may  be  obtained  to  land  the  same  under 
the  following  regulations,  viz  : 

The  master  or  commander  shall  pi-esent  to  the  lievenue 
officer  at  the  port  of  Norfolk,  a  schedule  in  trijilicate  ot 
said  goods,  describing  them  by  marks  and  numbers, 
numbers  of  packages,  and  contents,  corresponding  with 
the  description  in  the  general  manifest  of  the  vessel  also 
stating  the  consignee  and  r.ame  of  the  port  of  destination 
of  the  merchandise. 

Should  the  merchandise  as  aforesaid,  be  intended  to  be 
landed  at  more  than  one  intermediate  port,  then  separate 
schedules  of  the  goods  destined  for  each  port  to  be  made 
out  in  triplicate,  with  all  the  particulars  herein  before 
required,  shall  be  presented  as  aforesaid.  And  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Kevenue  officer  to  certify  on  each  of 
said  schedules  the  fact  of  presentation  and  also  on  the 
original  to  endorse  his  permission  for  the  vessel  to  pro- 
ceed to  and  land  at  the  port  or  ports  designated,  the  goods 
described  in  said  scliedule.  The  original  shall  be  then 
returned  to  the  master  or  commander,  the  triplicates  for- 
warded as  promptly  as  possible  by  the  shortest  route  to 
the  principal  Revenue  officer  of  each  port  at  which  the 
goods  are  inten-ded  to  be  landed,  and  the  duplicate  re- 


tained  in  his  office  and  recorded  in  a  book,  prepared  for 
that  purpose  in  thefllowing  form  : 


Date. 


Class    and 
name  of 
Vessel. 


Master. 


JWherefrom. 


Port  of 
Landing. 


Marks 

and 

Numbers. 


Description 

of 

Merchandise 


and  a  transcript  of  this  record  shall  be  rendered  monthly 
to  the  Treasury  Department. 

.    ON   ARRIVEL    AT    INTERMEDIATE    PORTS. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  vessel  at  each  port  designated  in 
the  schedule  as  aforesaid,  the  master  or  commander  shall 
present  to  the  chief  Revenue  officer  the  original  schedule 
and  receive  a  general  permit  to  land  the  goods,  upon  their 
being  duly  entered  and  special  landing  permits  issued  as 
now  provided  by  law  for  the  landing  of  imported  mer- 
chandise. Should  however  the  vessel  arrive  at  said  ports 
after  or  before  the  business  hours  of  the  Custom  House, 
or  should  other  circumstances  render  it  necessary,  the 
master  or  commander  shall  be  permitted  to  deposit  the 
goods  intended  to  be  landed  either  in^a  bonded  warehouse 
or  in  the  custody  ot  a  customs  officer,  on  receiving  a  re- 
ceipt from  either  the  Gevernment  officer  in  charge  of  the 
warehouse  in  which  they  are  deposited,  or  of  the  Customs 
officer  into  whose  custody  they  are  delivered,  which  re- 
ceipt shall  contain  all  the  particulars  detailed  in  the 
schedule,  and  the  said  original  schedule  shall  be  surren- 
dered to  the  person  with  whom  the  merchandise  is  deposi- 
ted, and  by  him  be  delivered  to  the  chief  Revenue  officer 
as  soon  as  the  opening  of  the  Custom  House  will  admit. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  Revenue  officer  at  such 
intermediate  ports  at  which  goods  may  be  landed  on  the 
schedule  endorsed  by  the  Revenue  officer  at  the  poi\t  of 
]^orfolk,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  to  keep  a  correct  and 
particular  record  of  the  same,  shewing  the  date  of  im- 
portation, class  and  name  of  the  vessel,  name  of  the 
master,  wherefrom,  marks,  numbers  and  description 
of  merchandise,  the  value  and  duty  assessed  thereon  and 


whether  the  same  ha8  been  entered  for  consinnption  or 
warelionsing,  and  to  render  monthly  to  the  Treasury  De- 
partment a  transcript  of  this  record  as  an  al)stract  of  such 
importations,  and  in  case  any  of  tlie  goodrf  deposited  iu 
warehouse  under  the  provisions  of  these  regulations  shall 
remain  unclaimed,  a  return  of  the  same  with  the  forego- 
ing particulars  shall  be  rendered  as  a  supplement  to  such 
monthly  return.  And  all  moneys  received  for  duties  shall 
be  accouiited  for  and  deposited  as  now  provided  by  law, 
or  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  direct. 

ON    ARRIVAL    AT    PORT    OF    FINAL    DESTINATION. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  Vessel  at  the  port  of  linal  destina- 
tion,the  master  or  commander'shall  make  due  entry  at  tlie 
Custom  House  bj'  delivering  his  origina-l  manifest  together 
with  all  schedules  endorsed  with  the  permits  to  land  at 
intermediate  ports,  and  the  receipts  of  officers  to  whom 
any  goods  may  have  been  delivered,  or  any  other  docu- 
ments shewing  the  disposition  of  any  portion  of  the  cargo. 
And  the  residue  of  the  cargo  sliall  be  landed  on  permits 
similar  to  tliose  provided  by  law  for  the  landing  of  impor- 
ted merchandise.  And  the  total  cargo,  as  shown  by  the 
original  manifest,  shall  be  delivered  at  this  port  with  the 
exception  of  such  as  is  shown  by  the  documents  presen- 
ted at  time  of  entry  to  have  been  landed  elsewhere,  under 
the  penalties  now  provided  by  law  for  discrepancies  exis- 
ting in  the  cargoes  of  vessels  arriving  from  foreign  ports. 

In  order  to  relieve  vessels  iu  this  branch  of  importing 
trade  from  embarrassments,  all  goods  imported  therein 
remaining  unclaimed,  or  for  which  no  entry  shall  be 
made  or  permit  granted  within  twenty-four  hours  after 
arrival,  may  be  taken  possession  of  by  the  Collector  and 
deposited  in  a  bonded  warehouse  on  a  general  permit  to 
be  issued  by  him  for  that  purpose. 

To  afford  further  facilities  in  the  event  of  vessels  in 
this  trade  arriving  at  the  port  of  final  destination  before 
the  opening,  or  after  the  closing  of  the  Custom  House  for 
the  day,  and  a  necessity  exist  for  discharging  the  cargo, 


it  shall  be  lawfuU  to  deposit  the  same  or  any  part  thereof, 
at  the  risk  and  expense  of  said  vessel,  on  the  levee  in 
the  charge  of  the  inspection  service  of  the  customs,  or 
in  any  bonded  warehouse  at  the  port,  such  portion  of  said 
cargo  as  may  be  practicable,  the  master  or  commander  of 
the  vessel  obtaining  for  the  goods  so  deposited  a  receipt 
from  the  Inspection  officer  on  the  levee,  or  the  Customs 
officer  in  charge  of  the  warehouse,  which  receipt  shall  be' 
delivered  to  the  Collector  of  Customs  as  soon  thereafter 
as  the  business  hours  of  the  Custom  House  at  said  port 
will  permit. 

Any  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise  imported  as  afore- 
siad,  may  be  entered  at  the  port  of  destination  on  the 
presentation  to  the  Collector  of  the  bill  or  bills  of  lading 
together  with  the  other  documents  now  required  by  law 
on  the  entry  of  imported  merchandise,  before  and  in  an- 
ticipation of  the  arrival  of  the  importing  vessel,  and  the 
necessary  permits  for  the  landing  shall  issue  on  the  com- 
pletion of  these  entries. 

And  on  the  presentation  of  these  permits  to  the  sur- 
ve3'0rit  shall  be  his  duty  and  is  hereby  required  of  him, 
(if  the  vessel  by  which  the  goods  are  imported  shall  have 
arrived  at  the  port,)  to  detail  an  Inspector  of  the  customs 
to  superintend  the  landing  of  the  merchandise  described 
therein,  and  such  landing  is  authorized  before  entry  has 
been  made  by  the  importing  vessel  at  the  Custom  House, 
when  the  interest  of  commerce  or  circumstances  attending 
such  arrival  shall  shall  render  it  necessary.  It  must  how- 
ever, be  distinctly  understood,  that  it  is  unlawfull  to  dis- 
charge any  portion  of  the  cargoes  of  these  vessels,  except 
under  the  supervision  and  inspection  of  a  Customs  officer. 

appraiser's  samples,  examinations,  &c. 

In  discharging  the  cargoesof  these  vessels,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  discharging  officer  to  either  send  all  the 
samples  asdesignated  on  permit  to  theapprais'^r's  store  or 
retain  the  same  on  the  levee  for  examination,  in  accor- 


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dance  with  the  directions  to  this  efiect  declared  in  the 
permit. 

And  for  the  convenience  of  commerce,  it  islicreby  re- 
qnired  that  all  distilled  spirits  and  wines  in  casks,  impor- 
ted from  any  foreign  port  or  place  shall  be  examined  by 
samples  tUken  from  the  number  of  packages  designated 
on  the  invoice,  entrj-  and  permit,  for  examination,  which 
,  samples  shall  not  exceed  in  quantity  four  ounces  each. 

And  the  examination  of  all  other  goods  as  may  be 
deemed  practicable  by  the  Collector  shall  be  made  by 
the  appraisers  on  the  levee  or  place  of  landing,  and  such 
examinations  shall  have  the  same  validity  as  if  made  at 
the  appraisers  store. 

The  quantities  of  dutiable  merchandise  shall  be  ascer- 
tained as  provided  by  law  by  either  gauge,  weight  or 
measure,  but  the  quantities  of  all  goods  exempt  by  law 
from  the  payment  of  duty  shall  be  taken  as  that  declared 
in  the  Qutry  of  the  same  at  the  Custom  House. 

RECORDS   AND    RETURNS. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  and  is  hereby  required  of  the  Col- 
lectors of  Customs  at  the  final  port  of  destination  of  all 
vessels  importing  merchandise  by  way  of  the  river  Mis- 
sissippi as  aforesaid,  to  keep  separate  and  distinct  records 
and  accounts  of  all  imports  from  this  source,  and  to  ren- 
der abstracts  of  such  to  the  Treasury  Department  as  a 
part  of  the  commercial  abstracts  now  required  to  be  ren- 
dered quarterly  to  said  department. 

NIGHT   INSPECTION. 

It  shall  bo  the  duty  of  the  Surveyor  of  the  port  of  New 
Orleans,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Collector,  to  organ- 
ize a  night  inspection  service,  to  be  composed  of  such  a 
number  of  inspectors  as  the  duties  to  be  performed  may 
in  the  judgment  of  the  Collector  require,  to  be  placed 
under  the  charge  of  a  Deputy  Surveyor,  who  shall  give 
his  personal  attention  to,  and  be  in  attendance  upon  said 


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service  at  all  hours  between  the  setting  and  rising  of  the 
sun.  And  on  this  service  shall  devolve  all  the  duties  re- 
quired bj  these  regulations  for  the  protection  of  the  reve- 
nue, or  to  promote  and  facilitate  the  interest  of  commerce 
within  said  hours. 

It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  Surveyor  to  provide  a 
suitable  force,  to  be  detailed  from  the  regular  Inspectors 
not  actually  engaged  in  the  duty  of  discharging  vessels, 
to  protect  the  revenue  and  aftbrd  to  vessels  and  commerce 
all  the  facilities  provided  for  by  these  regulations,  from 
the  rising  of  the  sun  until  the  opening  of  the  Custom 
House  for  the  day,  and  after  the  closing  of  the  Custom 
House  until  the  setting  of  the  sun,  as  well  as  on  such  days 
as  the  law  authorizes  the  closing  of  the  Custom  House, 
by  discharging  all  the  duties  required  to  be  performed  by 
Customs  officers,  (except  those  in  charge  of  the  ware- 
house) by  the  provisions  of  these  regulations.  And  in 
order  that  the  facilities  here  aftbrded  may  be  availed  of, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Surveyor  to  have  a  part  of  his 
office  opened,  and  to  be  accessible  either  in  person  or  by 
Deputy,  at  all  hours  of  the  day  and  night. 

The  material  of  the  service  here  provided  for,  shall  be 
changed  from  time  to  time,  as  may  be  recommended  by 
the  collector. 

APPRAISEMENTS    ON    LEVEE. 

In  view  of  the  necessity  for  examinations  being  made 
by  the  appraisers  of  the  greater  portion  of  the  merchan- 
dise imported  under  the  provisions  of  these  regulations 
oh  the  Levee  or  place  of  landing,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Collector  of  New  Orleans,  to  designate  one  assistant 
appraiser  of  the  customs,  with  such  a  number  of  exami- 
ners as  the  said  Collector  may  deem  necessary,  for  the 
performance  of  this  service,  and  this  class  of  examinations 
being  placed  specially  under  the  charge  of  the  assistant 
appraiser  assigned  to  this  duty  ;  that  officer  shall  be  held 
responsible  for  its  expeditious  and  correct  discharge. 


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And  to  insure  greater  expedition  in  the  discharge  of 
the  increased  duties  devolving  upon  tlie  appraisers  at  the 
port  of  Xew  Orleans,  the  clerical  force  now  employed  in 
the  office  of  the  principal  appraisers  at  that  port,  shall  be 
reduced  to  one  clerk,  and  the  others  heretofore  emitloyed 
as  such,  shall  be  assigned  to  the  duty  of  examining  and 
appraising  merchandise  imported  otherwise  than  by  sea, 
as  provided  for  in  the  foregoing  regulations. 
$ 

IMPORTATIONS    BY    RIVERS    AND    WATER  COURSES   OTHER  THAN 
THE     MISSISSIPPI. 

The  master  or  comniander  of  all  vessels  entering  the 
territorial  limits  of  the  Confederate  Statesof  America,  by 
rivers  other  than  the  Mississippi,  shall  be  obliged  to  come 
to  at  the  first  port  on  the  river  by  which  the  said  vessel 
enters  the  territorial  limits  and  to  report  to  the  chief 
Revenue  officer  residing  thereat — and  there  to  comply 
with  all  the  regulations  heretofore  provided  for  vessels 
entering  by  way  of  the  river  Mississippi  and  arriving  at 
the  port  of  Xorfolk,  and  the  duties  required  by  these 
regulations  to  be  performed  by  the  Collector  or  Kevenue 
officer  at  the  said  port  of  Norfolk,  shall  be  performed  in 
all  particulars  by  the  Revenue  officers  at  the  said  frontier 
ports  on  such  other  rivers. 

DETECTIVE    OFFICERS. 

The  Collectors  or  other  chief  officers  of  the  Revenue 
at  the  several  ports  herein-before  referred  to  are  hereby 
authorized  to  detail  inspectors  or  other  Customs  officers, 
for  the  purpose  of  detecting  and  preventing  frauds  upon 
the  revenue,  at  such  times  and  in  sueli  manner  as  they 
may  deem  proper,  to  whom  in  addition  to  their  regular 
compensation  shall  be  allowed  all  the  actual  and  necessarj'' 
expenses  incured  by  them  while  discharging  such  duties. 
When  such  officers  however  are  thus  detailed,  the  fact 
shall  be  reported  monthly  by  the  Collector  or  chief 
Revenue  officer  to  the  Treasury  Department. 


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CLEARANCES. 

Before  the  departure  of  an_y  vessel  navigating  the  Mis- 
sissippi or  other  rivers,  destined  to  a  foreign  port  or  place 
beyond  the  ISTorthcrn  limits  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
Amorica,  the  master  or  person  having  charge  thereof  shall 
deliver  to  the  Collector  or  chief  officer  of  the  Customs, 
at  the  port  from  which  such  vessel  is  about  to  depart,  a 
manifest  of  the  cargo  on  board,  the  same,  in  the  form  and 
vcrritied  in  the  manner  now  provided  by  law  for  vessels 
to  a  foreign  port,  and  obtain  from  the  said  Collector  a 
clearance  in  the  following  form: 

Confederate  States  of  America. 
District  of 

Port  of  18 

These  are  to  certify  to  all  whom  it  doth  concern  that 

master,  or  commander  of  the 
, of  bound 

for  ,  hath  entered  and  cleared 

his  said  vessel  according  to  law. 

Given  under  m}'  hand  and 
seal  at  the  Custom  House  of 
this  day  of  18 

Collector. 

It  shall  be  permitted  to  vessels  engaged  in  the  naviga- 
tion and  commerce  provided  for  by  these  regulations, 
after  clearance  to  take  on  board  at  the  port  of  original 
departure  or  any  other  port,  or  place  within  the  limits  of 
the  Confederacy,  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  and  to 
proceed  therewith  ^o  a  destination  beyond  the  Confeder- 
ate limits,  on  delivering  to  tne  Collector  or  chief  Revenue 
officer  at  the  port  of  Norfolk,  on  the  river  Mississip[»i,  or 
at  the  port  nearest  the  frontier  of  the  Confederacy  on  any 
other  river,  a  schedule  describing  all  the  goods  on  board, 
the  quantit}',  value  and  destination,  not  declared  in 
the  manifest  delivere*!  at  the  time  of  clearance  at  the 
Custom  House  of  the  original  port  of  departure.     And 


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the  schedule  thus  received,  shall  be  transmitted  by  the 
Revenue  officer,  receiving  the  same,  by  the  shortest  route 
to  the  Collector  of  Customs  at  the  port  from  which  the 
vessel  may  have  originally  cleared. 

In  order  that  the  service  herein  provided  for  may  be 
properly  rendered,  it  shall  be  the  duty,  and  is  hereby  re- 
quired of  the  Collector,  or  chief  Revenue  officer,  at  the 
port  of  Norfolk,  or  at  the  other  frontier  ports  at  wliich 
masters  of  outward  bound  vessels  are  required  to  deliver 
schedules,  to  board  all  vessels  bound  for  places  beyond 
the  Confederate  limits,  in  the  same  manner  and  at  the 
hours  as  is  herein-bcfore  provided  for  inward  bound 
vessels. 


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